In December 2010, after some preparation in the form of seminars, including a full day conference in October, a “Manifesto for Digital Participation“, was made (“Upprop för Digital Delaktighet”). The bold goal is to get 500 000 now offline, to get online by year-end 2013. Sparking this process was .SE, the foundation running the operations and development of the Swedish ccTLD / top level domain.

A beta site, now calling for pledging stakeholders beyond the original institutions signing the Call for Action, is up and running since January 2011 at http://digidel.se. Much of the inspiration comes from the UK RaceOnline2012 above. You can follow @Digidel2013 on Twitter.

(The #digidel tag was inspiring to translate it to a global #digipart conversation and corresponding action.)

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